History Characters / SengokuYouko

* OneHundredAndEight: Around one hundred years old at the start of the story, and eight years older by its end.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He's drawn with more delicate features than some of the other men in the series and has prominent eyelashes, marking him as a pretty young man, and he has some of the longer hair for recurring guys.

!!Youko Tama

* ActualPacifist: She has never resorted to violence in combat, instead opting to enable Jinka's SuperMode and let him do the fighting. In Part 2, she resorts to illusions to avoid engaging in direct combat.
* ACupAngst: Implied. She never states anything outright, but she's shown she wants to be more voluptuous. During the final battle, she creates illusions of herself, Mudo, and Setsu-- and hers has a more pronounced chest.
* AdmiringTheAbomination:
** When she first saw Jinka's Spiritual Awakening form, she blushed intensely and thought that he was pretty.
** Tama thinks Jinka's [[OneWingedAngel Beast God form]] is magnificent, though she still wants to turn him back into a human.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: When Jinka becomes the Beast God and starts rampaging, Tama tries to sooth him by professing her love for him and agreeing to marry him. It works… until the Mountain Goddess teleports her away.
* AnimalJingoism: Has a natural fear of dogs as a fox demon.
* BerserkerTears: When she sees the Tribe of the Void have [[spoiler:mind-controlled Shakugan.]]
* BloodMagic: Jinka's Spiritual Awakening is activated by drinking her blood.
* TheChessmaster: Has shades of this, using - or at least ''trying'' to use - her oratory skills to nonviolently diffuse conflicts.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Tsukiko expresses a great degree of... "admiration" towards Tama when they first meet.
* FanservicePack: When she shows up in [[HotSpringsEpisode Chapter 39]] she appears to have become older, or at least more "[[BreastExpansion developed]]" following the feedback from Jinka's OneWingedAngel.
* InterruptedCooldownHug: She is able to bring [[OneWingedAngel Beast God]] Jinka back to his senses, but the Mountain Goddess teleports her away, which causes him to lapse back into his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* IWillFindYou: Spends the second half of the series on a journey to find Jinka, after [[spoiler:his newfound 100-tailed fox form goes haywire and flies off]].
* {{Kitsune}}: As her name "Youko" suggests, she is a fox youkai.
* LittleSisterHeroine: Invoked by Jinka when she first met him. Jinka initially calls her his little sister, switching to big sister when he learns she's older than him, but flirts with and even kisses her to activate his Spiritual Awakening. When she points out the incestuous overtones of him doing so, he cheerfully tells her he's OK with "forbidden sibling love".
* MasterOfIllusion: Has been shown to be able to create small illusions, which she uses to defend herself. After the time skip, she has powered up significantly due to her being apprenticed to another demon.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: She's a youko of a hundred years, while Jinka is a human in his teens. Doesn't stop them from having romantic feelings for each other, which is confirmed when Tama tells a berserk Jinka at the end of the first arc that she will always love him, even if he can't turn back into a human now.
* NakedFirstImpression: Tama first meets Tsukiko in a hot spring, and the latter couldn't stop thinking [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer about how beautiful she is]].
* OfficialCouple: Jinka proposes to her before the final battle, and when he transforms into the Beast God she accepts in an effort to calm him down. She even spends 8 years searching for him, [[spoiler:and by the final chapter they've been happily married for 200 years]].
* OlderThanTheyLook: Is around a hundred years of age, but pre-timeskip has the body of a young teenager.
* OneHundredAndEight: Around one hundred years old at the start of the story, and eight years older by its end.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Tama's hair grows longer when Jinka absorbs so much energy that it feeds back into her and keeps him in demon mode.
* RedBaron: She was known as the Accursed Demon Fox pre-timeskip, and becomes known as the Golden Youko post timeskip.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Chapter 37.5 reveals that she is based on Tamamo no Mae, the golden kitsune featured in the ''Otogizōshi''.
* RescueRomance: She started falling for Jinka after he saved her from a trio of ronin, though she was {{tsundere}} towards him at first due to their differing opinions towards humans.
* TrainingFromHell: Tama spends ten years alone in her mind meditating - while only a day passes in real time due to the Mountain Goddess manipulating space-time. This causes an increase in her spiritual power, and actually shocks Jinun and Senya into silence when this is revealed during the battle.
* {{Tsundere}}: When she first met Jinka she was offended by his callous hatred towards humans, but begrudgingly started warming up to him after she learned he was the son of her old friend and being wowed by his Spiritual Awakening form.
* UnusualEars: Possesses both fox ears and human ears.
* WeHelpTheHelpless: As she says, she and Jinka are the saviour siblings of the world.

!!Takekichi/Hyoudou Shinsuke/Kazamatsuri Shinsuke

* TheAlcoholic: Is almost constantly drunk after the first time skip. He cleans himself up during the second time-skip.
* AxCrazy: Aimed only towards Resshin, though. He gets better.
* CharacterDevelopment: And ''how''. He's changed from a cowardly, near-useless swordsman to [[spoiler: a rage-filled {{Determinator}} with only revenge on his mind.]] Luckily he gets over it and becomes a skilled, calm warrior.
* {{Determinator}}: Nothing could dissuade him from following Jinka and Tama on their journey. When he was younger, the insults of his swords master did nothing to stop him from attempting to learn the sword too.
* EnlightenmentSuperpower: He was the one who taught Senya how to enter an opponent's mental world.
* EvilWeapon: He was given the cursed sword Arabuki, which lets its master fly and [[BlowYouAway launch powerful gusts of wind]], by Zanzou. Following Shakugan's defeat, he constructs [[HearingVoices a stereotypical "wants to take over its wielder" persona]] for it. [[spoiler:The evil part is ultimately subverted as Akaburi snaps him out of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He nearly succumbs to this [[spoiler: following Shakuyaku being TakenForGranite]]. Don't worry, he gets better.
* HiddenDepths: Was the first to complete the Mountain Goddess' training.
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Shinsuke is his warrior name. His real name is Takekichi. [[spoiler:Only Barry, Tama, and Yamato know this.]]
* MeaningfulRename: He already dropped his old name before the series, to represent his growth from farmer boy to samurai. [[spoiler: Yoshiteru gives him the Kazamatsuri ("wind festival") name after Shinsuke took him for a flight with Arabuki's power, and he kept it for the rest of his life, including passing it onto his descendants.]]
* NiceGuy: By the TimeSkip he's treating demons and humans as equals, even reforming evil demons that Senya brings into good villagers.
* PutOnABus: For a time, he and Raizou had been [[spoiler: [[SealedGoodInACan sealed inside a protected village]] as a result of a deal with Hanatora. They were still trying to find a way out eight years later, which they do in time to stop Shakugan from smashing Tama.]]
* TagalongKid: Decided to follow Jinka and Tama after seeing them with the bandits.
* TookALevelInBadass: After [[spoiler: Shakugan's sacrifice he became serious.]]
* TrainingFromHell: Courtesy of the Mountain Goddess over the time skip, though it apparently amounted to a series of {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s ''not'' [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption in Shinsuke's favor]].

!!Shakugan (Shakuyaku/Kagan)

* ActionGirl: She's the best fighter after Jinka in the group.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Shakuyaku was abused as a child because of her red hair.
* BabiesEverAfter: The final chapter shows [[spoiler:Senya remembering Shakugan holding a young child with a mix between Shinsuke's hair and hers.]]
* BoobsOfSteel: Has the largest bust of the female main characters in the first arc and is the strongest physical fighter among them.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: They are [[spoiler:being controlled by the Tribe of the Void for the final battle, up until Shinsuke breaks her conditioning.]]
* GoOutWithASmile: After being stabbed by Resshin she transforms into a stone, but her last expression is a smile.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Held out longer than Douren during their drinking battle.
* HeroicSacrifice: They sacrificed themselves to protect a defenseless Tama and a woman giving birth.
* TheIngenue: Was quite embarrassed when she had to go sleeveless in order to allow her new body-changing powers to have more effect.
* TheLostLenore: Turning into a boulder during her HeroicSacrifice left her as a major source of Shinsuke's angst and frustration throughout the story, as well as sort of a moral guiding light when things go south. [[spoiler:She gets better.]]
* NakedOnRevival:
** When she is restored to her human form by Jinka at the beginning of the manga, she is naked.
** When the [[spoiler:Tribe of the Void freed her she was stark naked]].
* OfficialCouple: She is obviously in love with Shinsuke, and he with her. [[spoiler: They end up HappilyMarried, though oddly enough not much attention is brought to it: she simply becomes part of his family and even gives him a kid or two during the decades shown passing in the second to last chapter.]]
* {{Portmanteau}}: "Shakugan" is "Shakuyaku" and "Kagan" mixed together: even the particles in the kanji for "Shaku" are made by smushing characters from their original names together.
* SharingABody: Shakuyaku and Kagan are quite happy with this arrangement, as it were.
* HesBack: She is [[spoiler:reawakened and [[MoreThanMindControl mind-controlled]] by the Tribe of the Void in Chapter 69, and broken free from the mind control by Shunsuke in Chapter 76.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her "wardrobe" during the battle against the Tribe of the Void consists of [[spoiler:a [[ChainmailBikini rock bra and skirt]], and nothing else.]]
* TakenForGranite: Exhausts her spiritual power to prevent a boulder Resshin dislodged from crushing a cabin containing Tama and a pregnant woman and turns to stone as a result. [[spoiler:She gets revived later.]]

* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Has this dynamic with Mudo. Where Mudo is a very outspoken, macho an physical guy who solves his problems with a good fight, Senya is a more gentlemanly person who doesn't resort to full-on fighting unless it's necessary.

* PuppyLove: He certainly blushes a lot around Tsukiko. [[spoiler: All but confirmed when he states he really likes her in Chapter 44.]]

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He's a black dragon.

* ScrewDestiny: Their goals is basically to use Senya's spiritual core as a means of altering Fate to make the meteorite that hits their nation miss it instead. As it turns out, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard this is the exact reason why the mereorite is there]]-- all of their previous meddling with fate has made the will of the universe come up with disasters designed to pay them bsck in full.

* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Has this dynamic with Mudo. Wherer Mudo is a very outspoken, macho an physical guy who solves his problems with a good fight, Senya is a more gentlemanly person who doesn't resort to full-on fighting unless it's necessary.

* NobleMaleRougishMale: Has this dynamic with Mudo. Wherer Mudo is a very outspoken, macho an physical guy who solves his problems with a good fight, Senya is a more gentlemanly person who doesn't resort to full-on fighting unless it's necessary.

* MoreThanMindControl: They are [[spoiler:being controlled by the Tribe of the Void.]]

* TheLostLenore: Turning into a boulder during her HeroicSacrifice left her as a major source of Shinsuke's agst and frustration throughout the story, as well as sort of a moral guiding light when things go south. [[spoiler:She gets better.]]

* PutOnABus: He and Raizou have [[spoiler:been [[SealedGoodInACan sealed inside a protected village]] as a result of a deal with Hanatora. They're still trying to find a way out eight years later, which they do in time to stop Shakugan from smashing Tama.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He nearly succumbs to this [[spoiler: following Shakuyaku being TakenForGranite]]. Don't worry, he gets better

* IKnowYourTrueName: Being omniscient, he knows everyone's real names, incouding those of the Tribr of the Void.

* {{Synchronization}}: All twins born with a Fairy Eye are linked forever. If one of them dies, so will the other. [[spoiler:as Jinka is shown with an eyepatch in the finale, it's implied he (and by extension Takeru) got rid of their Fairy Eyes so they won't be linked this way anymore.]]

* PuppyLove: Senya and her relationship seems to be going this way. [[spoiler: Which is all but confirmed when Senya states in Chapter 44 that he really likes her.]]

* NobleMaleRougishMale: To contrast Senya's coolheaded and restrained nature, Mudo is loud, powerful, and a much more wild and physical fighter. He mellows out after a few centuries, but it still applies.

* UnskilledButStrong: In comparison to [[WeakButSkilled Senya]]. When he fights an imitation of his younger self during the fight with Banshou-ou, he's [[IHatePasttMe rather annoyed]] by how predictable but powerful he used to be.

!! Banshouou

* BishonenLine: Normally takes the form of a giant stormcloud, but when Mudo angers him he condenses all of his mass into a humanoid figure made of black clouds and lightning.
* BloodKnight: Watching Senya and Mudo fight made him desire to experience the thrill of battle for himself.
* DePower: Tsukiko eventually uses her gourd to send his power into the land, weakening him.
* JaggedMouth: In his true form his mouth is a serrated gash.
* NoSell:Due to his spirit having no fixed form, [[spoiler:the Tribe of the Void's control over him wears off almost immediately. He decides to go along with their plans anyway ForTheLulz.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: He proclaims that unless Senya and Mudo put a stop to him he will wipe out every living thing in Japan. [[spoiler:He cools down after being beaten.]]
* PhysicalGod: He's a powerful weather kami.
* PsychoElectro: He is a cloud kami, and can manipulate lightning, and in the battle against the Tribe of the Void he declares his intent to either experience his fill of bloodlust or reduce Japan to a barren wasteland.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: When he takes on his true form, he has a sash levitating around him signifying his status as a kami.
* SleepModeSize: After having his monstrous form drained of spiritual energy, he takes the form of a tiny one-eyed human-shaped cloud.
* SolidClouds: He normally takes on the form of a giant cloud, and lets others stand on him.
* WeaponizedOffspring: He can create offshoots that contain a portion of his power.

* MayDecemberRomance: She's a youko of a hundred years, while Jinka is a human in his teens. Doesn't stop them from having romantic feelings for each other, which is confirmed when Tama tells a berserk Jinka at the end of the first arc that she will always love him, even if he can't turn back into a human now.

* UnskilledButStrong: In comparison to [[WeakButSkilled Senya]].
* VillainousCrush: When he first appeeared as an antagonistic figure, he gained one on Tsukiko.

* ScrewDestiny: Their goals is basically to use Senya's spiritual core as a means of altering Fate to make the meteorite that hits their nation miss it instead.

* CantCatchUp: She was always weaker than Senya, a fact that bothers her when she comes of age since she wants to be able to protect people instead of be protected all of the time. Specifically, she's mad that she can't match the strength of Senya and Mudo for all of her intense spiritual and physical training.

* TheMasochismTango: Seems to be in love with Jinka's ''disdainful'' face.

* {{Synchronization}}: All twins born with a fairy eye are linked forever. If one of them dies, so will the other.

* HopelessSuitor: While Setsu wants to be more than friends with Senya, he remains loyal to Tsukiko even long after his beloved wife's death.

* {{Seers}}: The most accurate and famous of his time, and noted by Takeru to be the "All Seeing Eye".

* AnIcePerson: As a yuki-onna, Setsu has full domain over ice powers

* PiecesOfGod: She is a piece of Tamamo no Mae, long since abandoned.
* {{Seers}}: The most accurate and famous of her time
* VerbalTic: Tends to make cat puns and end her sentences with "hakke hakke".

* KnightTemplar: Is utterly dedicated to the Dangaishu.
* LoveAtFirstSight: He fell in love with a girl he met while saving her village from a youkai, to the extent that his mission report was nine tenths him gushing about how beautiful she was.
* MyGreatestFailure: His failure to protect his wife was what led him to rejoin the Dangaishu and offer his young son up for experimentation.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Shakuyaku was abused as a child because of her red-hair.